It might still be winter, but prices will never be better and the back of your closet will never be more useful. Here are ten looks you can get before anyone else.

Yes, right now. On the cheap, and before anyone else. Because this is the year they should be begging to borrow your clothes.By The Fashion Editors

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The Bold Check

The Bold Check

The Look: For the new season, you'll see this high-volume pattern cranked up on everything from trousers and three-piece suits to short trench coats. But like drinking absinthe and listening to Rush, wearing checks works best when done in moderation. So start small, and even then, balance the experiment with something more straightforward.

The Steal: Go vintage, or dig through the family archives. It helps if your dad was Don Draper (California version).

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The Nautical Sweater

The Nautical Sweater

The Look: Kennedy. Picasso. These are men who knew the pleasures of ocean-ready knitwear — which is to say, typically striped, typically warm, and typically worn by someone who knows how to make the most of a yacht. We particularly like Trussardi 1911's take — done up in a slightly less traditional black, which is handy if you plan on going pirate — but in the meantime...

The Steal: Pick up one now from Saint James (Pablo's choice) by way of J.Crew.

The Bold Check

The Look: For the new season, you'll see this high-volume pattern cranked up on everything from trousers and three-piece suits to short trench coats. But like drinking absinthe and listening to Rush, wearing checks works best when done in moderation. So start small, and even then, balance the experiment with something more straightforward.

The Steal: Go vintage, or dig through the family archives. It helps if your dad was Don Draper (California version).

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The Nautical Sweater

The Look: Kennedy. Picasso. These are men who knew the pleasures of ocean-ready knitwear — which is to say, typically striped, typically warm, and typically worn by someone who knows how to make the most of a yacht. We particularly like Trussardi 1911's take — done up in a slightly less traditional black, which is handy if you plan on going pirate — but in the meantime...

The Steal: Pick up one now from Saint James (Pablo's choice) by way of J.Crew.

The Double-Breasted Suit

The Look: On the runways for spring, we saw DB's on the runways of Southern gentlemen (Billy Reid), Northeastern prepsters (Tommy Hilfiger), and Italian classicists (Giorgio Armani, at left). Which means it's the kind of thing you can wear whether you spend your weekends hunting, at polo matches, or brunching in Lake Como. Just remember: keep it trim, unless you happen to be a balding, stogie-chomping mob boss from the '30s. In which case, godspeed.

The Steal: Older generations wore these a little looser and baggier, so vintage won't help you. And honestly, that Armani's worth saving for.

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The Colorful Leather Jacket

The Look: The black leather jacket? Classic. The plum leather jacket: not classic yet. But soon it will be — and so will its brethren in midnight blue, light brown (just wait for Burberry's spring collection), and Michael Jackson red. The reason's simple: lighter colors better match the lighter shirts and ties you'll wear underneath the jacket, but still look smart with jeans. As for plum leather pants, well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

The Steal: Go vintage. Look hard enough and you might even find one that's been properly abused.

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The Denim Western Shirt

The Look: As interpreted by more designers than not this spring, the Western has become less urban cowboy and more off-duty rock star — think of Jeff Bridges in or George Harrison circa Abbey Road. If you happen to have an original from that era — again with dad's closet, behind the polyester — you should be in the clear. If not...

The Steal: Levi's has started selling them in trimmer cuts, and you can pull it off without feeling too fashion-y.

The Trimmed Tennis Sweater

The Look: While Rafa's neons and Borg's headband deserve honorable mentions, few tennis greats have endured like Rene Lacoste's classic sweater. This year you'll see a bumper crop of trimmer knits, which work just as well on the court as they would at the office on a Friday afternoon.

The Steal: As you might expect, Lacoste carries them nearly year-round. (Including right now.) And if you want something a little funkier — and hey, why not — try one from Black Fleece at Brooks Brothers.

The Three-Piece Suit

The Look: For years, stylish men in New York have picked up three-pieces from upstart Simon Spurr. This spring, a handful of other designers gave him a run for his money, but his three-piece remains one of the best — the kind of thing Brad Pitt would wear on the red carpet. As for you, going full three-piece should probably be saved for special occasions — ditch the vest for less-than-special Wednesdays at the office.

The Steal: Combine elements you have at home, or find a year-round weight version from Spurr's fall collection — this time of year, even the nicest stuff like you see at left should be on sale.

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The Club-Collar Shirt

The Look: Like Siberian Tigers or a restrained performance from Nicolas Cage, the club-collar shirt is a rare pleasure that occasionally verges on extinction. Happily, it seems to be making a return this season. If you feel a bit daring, wear that rounded-edge collar with a suit. Otherwise, it should work well with any pants that could be safely described as "jaunty."

The Steal: Downtown designers like Patrik Ervell and Thom Browne have been making them for years, and you might be able to find a good one in your size on eBay, but Polo is pretty damn near pitch-perfect.

The Updated Cargo Pant

The Look: Imagine John Goodman in The Big Lebowski. Now, imagine the complete opposite, and that's what you're looking for — very trim pants in khaki, gray, or olive. The fellas from Rag & Bone will have a particularly advanced version shortly — probably best worn with something conservative, like a v-neck sweater or a polo shirt.

The Steal: There's the Army-Navy store, of course, but the pants there will tend to hug, rather than hang off your body. So: Docker's.

Contrast-Color Wingtips

The Look: Since there's really no reason to restrict spring colors to the zone above your ankles, a variety of labels produced dress shoes in colors beyond — okay, way beyond — the standard black and brown. You'll want to wear them with jeans, khakis, or anything else that won't make you look like you were dressed by Willy Wonka.

The Steal: Settle into spring with by letting a brown shoe — and a pop of salty off-white — do for you what yellow driving loafers can't until about Memorial Day. Because, sadly, we've got a while of winter yet to bear.